Even though, Rabindranath Tagore was most famous as a poet, he was also an artist, novelist, play wright, philosopher and freedom fighter. Or simply, the writer of songs fulfilled with love. His poetry covered a vast range of topics from nature to patriotism.
He has born on 8th May 1861 in Calcutta to Maharsishi Devendranath, who himself came from a family of nobility, he was the youngest of 14 children. The family was addressed by the honourable title ‘Thakur’ which was later changed to Tagore.
His mother Sharadadevi expired when he was still young and his father rarely spent much quality time with him. As a result, he grew up extremely sensitive and non-conventional. He could not tolerate any kind of authority and so, his schooling suffered. But he made up for all this, with the beautiful, mystical poems that he wrote, right from childhood.
Tagore wrote numerous stories, songs, dramas, letters, diaries and essays on a variety of subjects ranging from religion to science, music to politics, education and social reform. Whatever he attempted had a distinctive style of its own. Even his works of arts are nothing short of masterpieces.
He received the Novel Prize in literature on Nov. 13, 1913, for his most famous work- ‘Gitanjali9is’. This is a collection of poems that talk about life and death, love and its connection to the sprit. His well known novels written in Bengali are Gora, Vibha Raja aur Rani, Nauka Dubi and Binodini.
He expired on August8, 1941, but is immortalised by his work and the love in the hearts of the people of India.
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